[Atlas Sneezed]

Bitcoin is a terminal threat to the Mastercard/Visa skim, too.

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Possibly, but the difference is that bitcoin is pretending to be an inherent supply of wealth, while Visa is a service.

It’s easy to get the skim back (and more) with rebates or points.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

It’s easy to get the skim back (and more) with rebates or points.

Not for the merchant.

Look what the banksters did to Walmart when they tried to cut out the Mastercard/Visa skim.

Wal-Mart Defends Its Bid to Enter Banking

There is no reason in the world that Mastercard/Visa should make more profit on a Walmart transaction than Walmart does, other than the greed of the big-government/big-corporate criminal fascist complex.